On another subject, I’ve been hearing more from Galbraith Jr lately and have been impressed by the clarity and relative certainty of his constructive suggestions for putting America back on a solid foundation. While left leaning, perhaps that is what’s required for a little while now that banking and capitalism’s spectacular collapse. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2009/0903.galbraith.html
Anticipating critics, his rebuttal is authoriative, clear and concise:

The chorus of deficit hawks and entitlement reformers are certain to regard this program with horror. What about the deficit? What about the debt? These questions are unavoidable, so let’s answer them. First, the deficit and the public debt of the U.S. government can, should, must, and will increase in this crisis. They will increase whether the government acts or not. The choice is between an active program, running up debt while creating jobs and rebuilding America, or a passive program, running up debt because revenues collapse, because the population has to be maintained on the dole, and because the Treasury wishes, for no constructive reason, to rescue the big bankers and make them whole.

I think it’s more like when the cat jumps up and starts dry humping the inside of your computer screen – it’s disgusting and you want to make it stop but the only effective remedy is to turn the power off.